Women who are unemployed and seeking work, or under-employed and wanting to advance, are referred to Dress for Success Columbus by non-profit social service agencies & faith-based organizations with whom we have forged relationships throughout Central Ohio.
We foster partnerships with community organizations with the common goal of empowering women to achieve economic self-sufficiency.
Are you a non-profit organization that would like to refer clients to Dress for Success Columbus? Please complete our online Referral Agency Application. We will contact your organization and advise of status within approximately one week of receipt to provide the status of your application. If you have any questions, please email arica@dfscmh.org.
Current Referral Agencies
A referral and confirmed appointment scheduled by a partner agency are required for services at Dress for Success Columbus. If it has been more than a year since the initial referral to Dress for Success Columbus for Interview Suiting, a new referral is required for service.
Current referral partners can refer and schedule their clients via our online portal located here. Faxed, emailed, mailed, or hand-delivered referrals are no longer accepted as of June 1, 2014.
Some of our 150+ referral partners include:
- AARP Foundation
- Access Ohio
- Action for Children
- Afflare
- Alvis Inc.
- Amethyst Inc
- Buckeye Ranch
- CareSource
- CATCH Court
- Catholic Social Services
- CelebrateOne
- Center for Employment Opportunities
- Center for Family Safety and Healing
- Center for Healthy Families
- Central Community House
- CHOICES
- Columbus Academy
- Columbus Area, Inc.
- Columbus City Schools
- Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority
- Columbus Speech & Hearing Center
- Columbus State Community College
- Columbus Urban League
- Columbus Works
- Community Housing Network
- Community Support Network
- Community Properties of Ohio
- Concord Counseling Services
- COVA
- Community Properties of Ohio
- Deaf Services Center
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- EnVision Proven Success
- Equitas Health
- Faith Mission
- First Church of God
- Franklin County Board of DD
- Franklin County Children Services
- Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services
- Freedom a la Cart
- Functional Training Services
- Gladden Community House
- Godman Guild
- Goodwill Columbus
- Greater Columbus Community Helping Hands
- Greenleaf Job Training Services
- Healthy Worthington Resource Center
- Homeless Families Foundation
- Huckleberry House
- IMPACT Community Action
- Integrated Services for Behavioral Health
- Jesse’s World
- Jewish Family Services
- Kindway
- Latina Mentoring Academy
- Leaders of Tomorrow
- Lower Lights Ministries
- Maryhaven
- Mature Services Employment & Training Solutions
- Military Veteran’s Resource Center
- Moms2B
- Nancy’s Place
- National Center for Urban Solutions
- New Directions
- New Life Community Outreach
- North Central Mental Health Services
- North Community Counseling
- Ohio Association of Foodbanks
- Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
- Ohio Guidestone
- Ohio Means Jobs – Franklin County
- Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities
- PerScholas
- Physicians CareConnection
- Primary One Health
- Salvation Army
- She Has a Name/Veritas Church
- South-Western City Schools
- Southeast Inc
- Star House
- The Reeb Avenue Center
- Vocational Guidance Services
- Vocational Works (VocWorks)
- Volunteers of America
- Westerville Area Resource Ministry
- YMCA
- Youthbuild
- YWCA
- YWCA Family Center